Question

Consider the positive whole number factors of 54. What is the probability that one of these factors chosen at random is a multiple of 3?

1/4

5/8

1/8

3/4

Answer 1

Factors are the numbers that evenly multiply into a given... ... What are all of the whole number factorsof 64? ... The prime numbers of 54 are 2 and 3, because each of these numbers has exactly one factorpair. ... two numbers with like signs, either two positive numbers or two negative numbers, yields apositive number.